I’m not even talking about their praise/criticism ratios, and I’m sure they take their lumps too. But why are they still being referenced at all? I think Denton and Newmark (barely) are still somewhat relevant, not the best examples, but the Flickr founders, the College Humor guys, Jeff Jarvis… come on, what have they really done to shape the modern web that hadn’t been figured out simultaneously by 1,000 other project leads? Therefore, why do people keep citing them as people you should follow?
To me, Caterina is just some web developer from SF. The stuff she says is just your basic run-of-the-mill social/interactive media evangelism. I’d love to read a Flickr post-mortem someday from her (the Flickr that existed before Yahoo! fired everyone) but I don’t care what she has to say about 2010 products - for credibility purposes, it’s not enough that she created a 2004 fad.
I agree. This is more an issue with the people who cover tech. For the most part they’re lazy and still focused on the boldfaced names who have, in many cases, lived too long off their former glory.
There are some places and people who cover tech that are worth following. I think from a local standpoint, especially here in New York, there are people doing a really great job covering and cultivating it. Despite the often correct assumption that New York is one big circle-jerk, the New York Tech Meetup is like the Apollo theater. If your idea sucks, the audience there lets you know it. The NYTM isn’t a journalist or a news outlet, but if you want to know what’s going on in tech, at least in New York, it’s one of the better places to go.
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Wow, Brian, that’s brash. Have you ever met with Caterina? Worked with her? She’s fucking brilliant. I’ve only had the pleasure of working with her once (she’s an Etsy board member) but wow, I was impressed.
And besides, she’s working on Hunch now, recruited by Chris Dixon, who knows a thing or two about picking talent. In between 2004 and now, she sold Flickr to Yahoo, stayed there until 2008 because she had to, had a baby, separated from her husband Stewart, and now moved to NYC. That’s more exciting than my life, certainly, and probably yours.
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Just to get it out of the way,...am not saying “Don’t work
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Haven’t attended...meetup since it took place in at The Cooper Union where the audience...
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First, well-noted. Second, I’m quite familiar - they don’t throw tomatoes, but you’ll hear
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Fortune Favors The Bold...agree. This is more an issue with the people who cover tech. For...
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Agreed. It’s not relating exactly to what I said at first, but agreeable on all points.
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Fortune Favors The Bold...think undue praise comes from lazy journalists who simply are...
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